Thanks IambicBlonde; I try to keep a brave face, although, lately I have found that my spirits have been a little overwhelmed lately. I see people in relationships/with kids, and I sometimes question why did I have to take the harder road.... Living with the ex was hard for the first 6-12 months, but now it's become more of a housemate relationship. He still tried to boss me round, but I tell him where to get off. The only hard part about it is that he was the person who crushed my ego the most, so I have to ignore him a lot to keep sane. Or at least to have some semblance of sanity
Ewwwww eight years of George Bush; that must have been hard. We had his glove puppet as a Prime Minister for 12 years; it was nice to see the back of that little (insert derogatory term of your choice here).....
Thanks for the offer; I may well take you up on that one day. It's hard when people, who genuinely mean well, try to make things "better" with idioms. I know they just want to help, but sometimes it's hard to explain why you are the way you are, you know? And they can't imagine what it's like to get to the point where you don't want people around....or if you do, not shallow, hurtful people.
Hahahahahaha oh I'd only give you the boring stuff to do lol! Ah it's not too hard to do, just bark at people a lot. And coordinate musicians..... not always an easy task
I worked in wholesale nurseries for a while, so I know what you mean. All boys, and smelly ones at that.
The friends I have I've sort of "collected" through the years. I have one from school, one from an old job, and a couple from uni (my most recent additions so to speak). I mostly find I'm the social reject in the room, so although I'm the loud one, on the inside its really uncomfortable. I had to go to counselling just to establish who I actually am; I thought everything I did was so strange it was making people dislike me. It does help to stray outside the box; I wouldn't be here if I didn't do it now and then. But I do find some social situs a bit awkward, so sometimes it's hard to cement new friendships.
Thanks JJJ for the words of support and the link. I was only just thinking about the exact same thing you've said on the way home from work. I drive a vintage car, and I normally end up with beefcakes in their mass produced death mobiles tailgating me because I can't do 2 million miles an hour. But today it occurred to me; who cares. Yes, in their reality they might not like that I'm stopping them from wrapping themselves around a tree, but it's not my problem. It was very refreshing to have a thought like that.